Electron paramagnetic resonance of Gd3 in TlGdSe2

Electron paramagnetic resonance has been studied on the polycrystalline sample of the layer compound TlGdSe 2 . When the temperature is lowered from room temperature the linewidth reaches a shallow minimum near 60 K and then decreases rapidly below 15 K. From the two-dimensional molecular field model two exchange constants J 1 and J 2 with the nearest and next nearest neighbors were estimated. The calculated high-temperature limit of the linewidth (341 mT) is in fair agreement with the experimental value (314 mT). It may be slightly improved after taking into account the preferred orientation of the sample.